The Premier League will be kicking off soon, and that means it’s time for the speculation and predictions to begin. Additionally, it’s about time for those who like to bet on matches to start getting a handle on this year’s favourites. So before you start getting carried away with your bets, here’s a look at the 5 teams with the best odds on winning the League, as listed at Betfair.Read the full story

How does £100,000-a-week sound to you? Like a dream? Like you’ve won the lottery? I bet it does. To the likes of Luis Suarez and Theo Walcott, this is a reality and something that happens every single week as part of their job! Lucky so and so’s! This interactive infographic compiled by Clear Debt shows you the amount of money that Premier League clubs are paying their top stars, and just how much debt they’re in – often as a direct consequence.

In recent years the digital world has been filled with infographics, new and innovative marketing tools that put a unique twist on traditional content. After all, why spend so long working on an ingenious newspaper campaign only to read the odd word between your chips and gravy outside the ground on match day? Tablet computers and smartphones have opened up a whole new world for marketing, allowing football fans covering endless motorway miles following their club each week to access the content anytime, anywhere.

Clubs such as Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City are known the world over as being some of Britain’s top clubs, even in Europe in many cases, but this doesn’t necessarily mean they’re on stable ground in terms of their bank accounts. Sure, they might be owned by millionaires and billionaires, but it’s always interesting to see how buying and paying the top players in the world affects success both on and off the pitch.

Manchester United, for instance, are owned by the Glazer family and last summer went out and spent £24million on Robin van Persie, a signing which significantly influenced their Premier League title winning season. However, the club remain £366million in debt!

As youngsters stood on the terraces, we always dream of being out there, scoring the winning goal and earning thousands of pounds each week. For the majority of us, however, this dream doesn’t become reality and we’re left wondering what could’ve been the next time we hear about Wayne Rooney’s latest pay rise.

With this cool infographic, you can actually compare yourself to the game’s top players to see how your salary compares, how much they earn just while you’re looking at the page (it’ll make you sick trust me) and how often they earn your salary. It’s a great way for all fans to see their club in a whole new way – we know how well they do on the pitch each week, find out how they’re getting on off it and how you compare to your heroes. Then, see how your mates get on by sharing it on Twitter or Facebook.

Football Realm keeps an eye on what Chelsea players are upto on their Asia Tour 2013. John Terry, Eden Hazard, Fernando Torres and Branislav Ivanovic were snapped up by fans making weird and funny faces with their tongues stretching out of their mouths. See all the pictures below:

Thiago will make an eventual switch to European Champions Bayern Munich following the footsteps of former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola. The deal is quoted to be in the region of €25 million. Thiago leaves behind his younger brother Rafinha who was loaned to Celta Vigo recently after signing a contract extension with Barcelona.

As the new season is fast approaching Sky Sports have stood up and released their all new TV Commercial featuring David Beckham. The advert signifies the difference Sky HD and Sky 3D brings to their customers. The ad shows 6 faces of David Beckham promoting the channel’s Premier League coverage. Beckham in different day to day activities and keeps himself updated every minute.

The ad will be aired from Sunday in which Beckham will be seen watching Sky Sports on a TV, laptop, tablet and smartphone throughout several London locations.

‘I was quite amazed that they were able to recreate a pie and mash shop on a film set, the attention to detail was incredible,’ Beckham said. ‘The food wasn’t quite the same though! The ad shows how crucial Sky is to the lives of their customers at home and on the move, how people can use it no matter how busy their lives are.’

Manchester United’s preseason friendly match against Thailand All-Stars witnessed Sir Alex Ferguson part 2 on the pitch sideline holding the premier league trophy who caught the attention of crowd as well as the photographers near him.

Another summer has come and once again Arsenal are being linked with a number of world-class stars and despite their statements to the contrary, they still appear to be reluctant to splash out the required money to bring the biggest names to North London.